The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Caesar, a senior French colonist returned home after many years of absence, knows a girl, Marcella, who is in full depression because she was abandoned by her lover. Caesar welcomes her into his home and surrounds her with paternal attention so that he can quickly forget the past. Slowly his feeling turns into a love that Marcella seems to reciprocate. However, when Cesare realizes that the girl feels only gratitude for him and is in love with a younger man, he loses control. Blinded by jealousy, he plans to kill Marcella's lover but, in the face of the girl's vulgarity and indifference, he realizes that he has been teased and turns his anger towards her.
Ratings
TMDB7/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Jeff MussoDirector
- Maria BasagliaScreenplay
- Jeff MussoScreenplay
Cast
- RaimuCesare
- Jacqueline DelubacMarcella
- Pierre BrasseurFrossard
- TramelDerange
- Alice TissotLa padrona della pensione
- Héléna MansonMaria
- Jean BrochardIl proprietario del ristorante
- René GéninIl padrone della pensione
- Armand LarcherL'amico di Frossard
- Anita FarraJeannette
- Elena ZareschiYvonne
- Guido CelanoReynaud